Editor:

Is ex-Mayor Doug McCallum prematurely dancing in the aisles?

His painful opposition to an earlier policing referendum has not served the people of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý well.

While I have never voted NDP, Premier Eby is right that the confusion over the future of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý policing has gone on too long. I am impressed by the calibre of both the RCMP and ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Police Service officers who recently responded to our numerous break-ins. It is a tragedy that these hard-working, courageous officers are still stuck in political limbo about their futures.

As mentioned by Peace Arch News columnist Frank Bucholtz, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý City Councillor Linda Annis says that we need a referendum to settle this ‘political football’ once and for all.

Our South ÐÔÊӽ紫ý-White Rock MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay and ÐÔÊӽ紫ý-White Rock MLA Trevor Halford have both called for this referendum.

Otherwise, we will remain captive to the whims of whoever is the current ÐÔÊӽ紫ý mayor. Premier Eby and Mayor Locke presently seem like the irresistible force battling the immovable object. Only a ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Police referendum will remove this logjam, ending the nightmare for ÐÔÊӽ紫ý residents.

Many ÐÔÊӽ紫ý residents don’t know that the City of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý originally had their own police force. The RCMP replaced them by referendum in 1950.

The NDP could have saved us money and grief if they had given the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý residents a referendum over the decision to bring in the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Police Service or keep the RCMP.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý deserves a choice.

Ed Hird, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý